The cold wind blew through the dilapidated streets in this sea of garbage, making people's clothes look even more tattered.
The pig that had just been killed was lifted up by several strong men and hung upside down on a rusty iron frame in front of the butcher shop to bleed. The pig's head with a hole in it was dripping with blood, dripping into an iron bucket on the ground.
Blood and water.
Those garbage men put on their dirty black butchering aprons and prepared to disembowel the pig while laughing and talking.
"Raising pigs? We don't have enough to eat here, so why don't you chop them up and feed them to the pigs? Look at where this is, it's a muddy pond."
"Your kid comes from Dongtu Street, right? Why don't you raise him there?"
"Since you don't want to kill the pig, you won't have a share of the soup cooked by the pig."
While the men were busy working, they made fun of the Eastern cultivator.
When the pig was hit in the head with an air gun, blood spattered all over the body. The educator standing next to him was also sprayed with blood, and the lenses of his glasses were stained with blood.
"Everyone, pigs eat differently from us people." The educator wiped his glasses and continued to say: "There is a dumping point for swill transported from the Acropolis Mountains in the Lianni Pond. Pigs can eat it, but humans can eat it.
They will vomit and get sick. We can go to the swill point and transport some carcasses back to raise pigs, so that everyone can eat more meat in the coming year."
"I just want to be able to eat meat tonight."
"Are you smart? Why is the swill so good that rich people won't sell it? Even the pigs can't eat it if it's turned upside down."
"Some high-end hotels don't sell swill." The educator added, "Those rich people don't want their leftovers to be eaten by pigs. It makes them uncomfortable, so they want to throw it away."
"Then you go talk to the old car."
"Raise pigs? Do we raise pigs here? Are you out of your mind?"
Everyone thought he was in the way and asked him to go away, but the educator continued talking.
Gu He and Lorna stood and watched the excitement for a while. Since they still had their own matters to attend to, they let the bad doorknob continue to lead the way.
"Then how long has the enlightenment master been here?" Gu He asked the doorknob. He felt that the man was very sincere. Besides, it would not be easy to come to a place like this and make trouble.
"It's been a month." The bad doorknob's tone was also sarcastic, "I've been doing this and that, but I haven't done anything."
"It's been a long time." Lorna was not joking, "You have survived here for so long, so you are quite capable."
Pandora still didn't participate much in the conversation and just followed them.
The place we tentatively called the campground was not very big. After walking for a while, we came to a car refurbishing workshop.
There was a garbage man driving a pickup truck, and the transport truck came back from the trail. The truck was loaded with piles of garbage, mostly scrap metal, electronic components, old tires, etc.
Every time Santo and Seth launch a new electronic product, every time Gasboy launches another new car, as well as miscellaneous gadgets like Leikuo and Longteng, the quagmire becomes even bigger.
A few years ago, in order to compete for the TV market between Santo and Seth, old TVs were eliminated almost as soon as they were launched.
Screens are getting larger and larger, and resolutions are getting higher and higher.
Many old goods in warehouses have become unsalable and surplus items. The middle class people have gone to buy new ones. Those who have no money can't even buy the used goods on sale. They have no use or don't want to buy them. In the end, a large number of TV sets are actually sold.
However, a large number of old TVs were thrown away and ended up in the muddy pond.
At that time, their garbage trucks all had on-board TVs, which looked very cool.
However, for good garbage and good territory, various gangs of the Mud Gang and other gangs fight every day.
"We are here because of classic cars." The rotten door handle was said with reverence.
As Gu He walked, he saw a busy scene in this open-air factory.
Although some large robotic arms look like they may fall apart at any time, they are still able to lift the car casing; on the ground there are a group of master craftsmen and several people busy working on a car chassis, pulling wires and splicing parts together.
The sound of welding, the banging of hammers, the noisy shouts, laughter and curses.
Some are decent and some are messy garbage vehicles, just messed up.
"Wow, bastard doorkeeper, where did you find such a beautiful girl? You are so awesome."
"It's a bad doorknob, you're a loser! What's a girl like this doing wandering around here? Why don't you go home and sleep?"
"Look at that girl, she's from the city, she's just different. How does she look like this..."
As a group of them passed by, some garbage men stopped and shouted, staring at Lorna, trying to make her look over.
The bad doorkeeper who was ridiculed by everyone was so happy that he took all the limelight, but everyone knew that it was impossible. There were two people beside the beautiful girl, one was a man who was disgusting to look at, and the other was neither a man nor a woman.
, okay.
Lorna naturally ignored these nonsense words and just sneered: "Listen to what they said, I have become a lady."
"Well..." Before Gu He could say anything, Da Bei Bei in his hand grabbed the conversation and said, "It's not a lady, it's Da Bei Bei!"
"Is there something on your mind that you don't dare to say, so let this thermos do it?" Lorna asked.
"You have overestimated its function." Gu He said urgently, "It doesn't have that ability, you know."
Classic Car, the boss of this territory and a member of the Mud Gang, usually lives in a big broken iron shed in the factory.
Surrounding this big shabby iron shed are small shacks, tents, etc., hung with all kinds of dazzling decorations and messy wires. There are some idle young men and women sitting on the garbage pile made of used tires and chatting.
sky.
Several thin mongrel dogs barked at the arrival of strangers.
The young men and women looked at the three people brought in by the rotten doorknob, with different expressions, talking and laughing.
For these mud dogs, these three people are no different from the young masters and ladies on the Acropolis Mountain.
"You're looking for a classic car, right? Here comes the classic car!"
The three of them did not go into the old iron shed, but saw the classic car outside.
The image of the classic car was somewhat beyond Gu He's expectation. The other person was of medium build and was wearing a casing made of junk mechanical parts. He also wore a helmet on his head that completely covered his face.
There are rust spots everywhere on this casing, and there are small indicator lights flashing everywhere, green, red, blue...
It seems that the reason why it is called a classic car is because it looks like a dilapidated and weird old car.
Because of this, Gu He couldn't tell the age of the other party, or even tell whether he was a boy or a girl.
The old car's voice was hoarse and strange, as if the vocal cords were rotten and cut off, "What do you want here?"
"We want to find some garbage in your place." Lorna said without gossiping, "We have to look through it."
"Since it's garbage, why are you looking for it?" Laojia asked, dragging heavy steps towards the street. "You sneaked all the way to the big garbage dump to find the treasure."
"Well, some things have different values for different people." Gu He quickly smoothed things over.
"Then call it baby." Lao Xiacha added, "Everything here belongs to us now, what can you offer in exchange?"
"Money, please give me a price." Pandora also spoke calmly, "We come with good intentions."
"Money is good, money is good, but one million or several million won't make this place better, and it's not what I need now. There are many problems in this place." Old Car said while looking at the garbage in the distance.
ocean.
"What about that?" Lorna asked with a frown, "How about we treat you to a hot spring in Kabukicho? This guy is very good at rubbing his back, let him rub it for you?"
What, this is a joke, right? Gu He looked at Lorna, the one on the back of the machine was not interested in rubbing it.
But it was impossible for the other party to agree. It was obvious that the old car wanted to seize this opportunity to trick them.
He thought that he would be able to collect it himself, and a few hotshots came over to ask for help. If he didn't collect it at this time, when would he wait...
"The environment of the mud pond is suitable for breeding alien species and strange objects." Laojia said, "This has always been our business."
Lorna understood this, and Gu He remembered what she once said about the rudimentary species with hundreds of ox seeds...
"This kind of power can help us defend our territory and garbage resources, and can be exchanged for money, but this kind of power is also troublesome. I want to ask you to deal with an alien species today. We have discovered it for a long time, but have been unable to defeat it. I know you are very capable of defeating it.
